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Chatham Strait

Karakia – Residency

11th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Karakia
Karakia Confirmed in the catalog @5429
Jun 21 – Sep 4, 2023 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jun – Sep 2023

82 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
88
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
76

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 21, 2023137 m9.8°C30 m
Jun 25, 2023121 m12.3°C25 m
Jun 25, 202397 m12.3°C82 m
Jun 26, 202399 m12.7°C63 m
Jul 5, 202386 m10.9°C31 m
Jul 8, 2023111 m11.9°C35 m
Jul 26, 202362 m13.0°C31 m
Aug 20, 202365 m11.4°C47 m
Aug 21, 202373 m11.7°C21 m
Sep 4, 202358 m12.3°C45 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 21, 2023 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jun 21Jun 25, 2023 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jun 25Jun 25, 2023 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jun 25Jun 26, 2023 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jun 26Jul 5, 2023 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 8, 2023 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 20, 2023 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 21, 2023 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Aug 21Sep 4, 2023 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 4

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

82 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
88
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
76
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010082 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (97 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Jun 25, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
97 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
58 m – 137 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.8°C – 13.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 3.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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